indite

compose or write, as a poem: She will indite an ode to the sunset.
Not to be confused with:indict – charge with an offense; criticize: He tends to indict everyone of plotting against him.

in·dite

I0105200 (ĭn-dīt′)tr.v. in·dit·ed, in·dit·ing, in·dites 1. To write; compose.2. To set down in writing.3. Obsolete To dictate.

[Middle English enditen, from Old French enditer, from Vulgar Latin *indictāre : Latin in-, toward; see in-² + Latin dictāre, to compose, to say habitually, frequentative of dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

in·dite′ment n.in·dit′er n.

indite

(ɪnˈdaɪt) vb (tr) 1. archaic to write2. obsolete to dictate[C14: from Old French enditer, from Latin indīcere to declare, from in-² + dīcere to say] inˈditement n inˈditer nUsage: Indite and inditement are sometimes wrongly used where indict and indictment are meant: he was indicted (not indited) for fraud

in•dite

(ɪnˈdaɪt)

v.t. -dit•ed, -dit•ing. 1. to compose or write (a speech, poem, etc.). 2. Obs. to dictate. 3. Obs. to prescribe. [1325–75; Middle English enditen < Old French enditer < Latin indīcere; see indiction]

indite

Past participle: indited
Gerund: inditing

Imperative
indite
indite

Present
I indite
you indite
he/she/it indites
we indite
you indite
they indite

Preterite
I indited
you indited
he/she/it indited
we indited
you indited
they indited

Present Continuous
I am inditing
you are inditing
he/she/it is inditing
we are inditing
you are inditing
they are inditing

Present Perfect
I have indited
you have indited
he/she/it has indited
we have indited
you have indited
they have indited

Past Continuous
I was inditing
you were inditing
he/she/it was inditing
we were inditing
you were inditing
they were inditing

Past Perfect
I had indited
you had indited
he/she/it had indited
we had indited
you had indited
they had indited

Future
I will indite
you will indite
he/she/it will indite
we will indite
you will indite
they will indite

Future Perfect
I will have indited
you will have indited
he/she/it will have indited
we will have indited
you will have indited
they will have indited

Future Continuous
I will be inditing
you will be inditing
he/she/it will be inditing
we will be inditing
you will be inditing
they will be inditing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been inditing
you have been inditing
he/she/it has been inditing
we have been inditing
you have been inditing
they have been inditing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been inditing
you will have been inditing
he/she/it will have been inditing
we will have been inditing
you will have been inditing
they will have been inditing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been inditing
you had been inditing
he/she/it had been inditing
we had been inditing
you had been inditing
they had been inditing

Conditional
I would indite
you would indite
he/she/it would indite
we would indite
you would indite
they would indite

Past Conditional
I would have indited
you would have indited
he/she/it would have indited
we would have indited
you would have indited
they would have indited

Thesaurus

Verb

indite - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"pen, write, composeauthorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"draw - write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"create verbally - create with or from wordslyric - write lyrics for (a song)write about, write of, write on - write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China"profile - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"paragraph - write paragraphs; work as a paragrapherparagraph - write about in a paragraph; "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper"write off - write something fluently, and without hesitationdash off, fling off, scratch off, toss off, knock off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess"rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools"write copy - write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar"dramatise, dramatize, adopt - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"draft, outline - draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"poetise, poetize, verse, versify - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"author - be the author of; "She authored this play"annotate, footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel"reference, cite - refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work"publish, write - have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"write out, write up - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract"script - write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"

indite

verb1. To form letters, characters, or words on a surface with an instrument:engross, inscribe, scribe, write.2. To form by artistic effort:compose, create, produce, write.

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verb to form letters, characters, or words on a surface with an instrument

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verb to form by artistic effort

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verb produce a literary work

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